# I am a bad person (getting Beavis & Butthead over a gay Nashville songwriter) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615 "2013-11-23T13:06:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/1 "2013-11-23T13:06:01Z")
I am pro gay rights, gay marriage - the changes over the past decade are important and great to see. I am pro songwriter - writing the songs is where it all starts in music, so if someone is behind the scenes as a songwriting engine, making the music go, I have a deep respect for them. I am excited to hear that Nashville/Country music has open, well-known gay songwriters who are simply going about their business - part of the changes in the past decade I mention above. So great to see. But…when the gay Nashville songwriter’s name is Shane McAnally, I can’t help but choke down a stifled giggle. “McAnally” - snort! I feel like I am about 12 years old, and keep coming up with half-finished jokes about McDonalds updating their Value Menu… I am a bad person. I suspect Shane goes about his business and this is a non-issue, but when his sexuality is the featured topic - see the article from Entertainment Weekly below - that last name kinda jumps out to me… Article in EW about Shane: [http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/11/20/shane-mcanally-playlist/](http://music-mix.ew.com/2013/11/20/shane-mcanally-playlist/) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/2 "2013-11-23T13:20:38Z")
His name used to be Shane Buttafuco so McAnally was an improvement! (just kidding of course) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/3 "2013-11-23T14:58:54Z")
Whoa. I’m officially an adult – read the whole article and didn’t even notice it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/4 "2013-11-23T16:20:32Z")
I’ve always tripped up over that name. For one thing, I’m never sure exactly how it should be pronounced, so I always stop and run over the options when I see it. My interior joke is that it’s the Scottish clan that invented suppositories. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/5 "2013-11-23T17:38:04Z")
I don’t think B&B can read so I think the joke would be lost on them. But YOU…tsk tsk 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/6 "2013-11-23T23:50:38Z")
If you’re a bad person for giggling, then I’m on the express train to Hell. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/7 "2013-11-24T00:21:28Z")
It gets _worse,_ if you can imagine. And by “worse,” I mean, “funnier.” The Washington Post had an article recently (November 5) about McAnally’s use of…uh…promoters for his new music. These promoters are called “pluggers.” The song they’re currently flacking is titled: Fuzzy. Yes. McAnally’s pluggers want you to get Fuzzy. edited to add: [a link](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/11/05/how-does-a-song-get-from-shane-mcanallys-guitar-to-country-radio-explaining-the-complex-process-in-the-making-of-a-country-hit/). ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/8 "2013-11-24T00:46:15Z")
I’m assuming it’s pronounced MACuh nal ee. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/9 "2013-11-24T05:06:50Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > I’m assuming it’s pronounced MACuh nal ee. Fun sucker. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/10 "2013-11-24T05:14:18Z")
Oh god, they cannot be that clueless. NO ONE can possibly be that clueless. Can you imagine the torment this poor guy went through in school? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/11 "2013-11-24T12:47:39Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > It gets _worse,_ if you can imagine. And by “worse,” I mean, “funnier.” > > The Washington Post had an article recently (November 5) about McAnally’s use of…uh…promoters for his new music. > > These promoters are called “pluggers.” > > The song they’re currently flacking is titled: Fuzzy. > > Yes. McAnally’s pluggers want you to get Fuzzy. > > edited to add: [a link](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2013/11/05/how-does-a-song-get-from-shane-mcanallys-guitar-to-country-radio-explaining-the-complex-process-in-the-making-of-a-country-hit/). For the win, sir/ma’am! Of _course_, McAnally’s gonna need pluggers! And I bet those pluggers need a wide base, so they don’t disappear… …of course, by that I mean that they represent a specific demographic base, so they are identified as someone who can sell songs to specific groups and not get lost in the various radio formats, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-bad-person-getting-beavis-butthead-over-a-gay-nashville-songwriter/674615/12 "2013-11-24T13:13:20Z")
Could be worse… his first name could be Dick.